#8E8A29#8E8A29

#8E8A29 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.116 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8A29
RGB	rgb(142, 138, 41)
HSL	hsl(58, 55%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(58, 71%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 71.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.18, -10.55, 49.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.18, 50.91, 101.96°)
OKLab	oklab(61.86% -0.0339 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(61.86% 0.116 107)
XYZ	xyz(20.6448, 24.0885, 5.6595)
Luminance	0.2409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8A29 #292D8E

analogous

#8E5729 #8E8A29 #5F8E29

triadic

#8E8A29 #298E8A #8A298E

tetradic

#8E8A29 #298E57 #292D8E #8E295F

square

#8E8A29 #298E57 #292D8E #8E295F

split-complementary

#8E8A29 #295F8E #57298E

monochromatic

#2F2E0E #5F5C1B #8E8A29 #BDB837 #D1CD60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#8E8A29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#8E8A29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8A29

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8A29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8A29	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96851A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988830

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8a29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 138, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.116 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ab69',
    500: '#8e8a29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8a29;
$custom-light: #b2ab69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8a29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.624,
    "s": 55.191,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61859,
    "c": 0.11601,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.24088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8A29

secondary

#5C60B7

accent

#4FDF49

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8A29

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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